> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Austin serving external customers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?management=ic&recipient=external®ion=austin 55 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Austin serving external customers, from 28 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $158,000 to $208,000. **55** postings · **28** companies · 37 state pay: median **$198,000**, half $158,000–$208,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 15, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7460c510f62762db) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +5 more New · Today $207,000–$300,000 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e2fc21f78f9a6a01) Austin, TX · New York, NY Hybrid 9d ago Pay not posted [Tiger Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiger-analytics) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Generative AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/550688101961dde8) Austin, TX Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Saronic Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/saronic-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bb8ad677259b0a88) Austin, TX On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/82606f0a46009d9d) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +5 more New · Yesterday $174,000–$252,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/46808066546c242c) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 4w ago $170,000–$225,000 [Tiger Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tiger-analytics) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (Generative AI)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/136ea565255487cd) Austin, TX Remote 13d ago Pay not posted [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dec8d400dcdba3a8) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +3 more 4w ago Pay not posted [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e6ee1ac89337dd30) Austin, TX · New York, NY · +8 more 2mo ago $174,000–$252,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/603238d92737226e) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$235,100 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0fe4112f3d62e9d4) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) — Agentforce Orchestration](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/aa41a1949bc5bc55) Austin, TX · Atlanta, GA · +9 more 2mo ago $88,970–$316,750 [RobCo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/robco) ### [(Senior) Robotics Software / Forward Deployed Engineer (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1736d53f8bea661e) Austin, TX On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Palantir Forward Deployed Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79e9c43db5c86c34) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +39 more 2mo ago $80,400–$316,300 [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/de0ff307c6d67d9b) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector, Nonprofit & Education](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae7e224e776727e8) Austin, TX · Mclean, VA · +8 more Remote 3mo ago $88,970–$316,750 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79719a1a4cb8d68b) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 6mo ago $170,000–$225,000 [webAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/webai) ### [Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5681002f691861d0) Austin, TX · Washington, DC Hybrid 6mo ago Pay not posted [Rune Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rune-technologies) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df8545f829bbcc4c) Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago $190,000–$210,000 [Tavily](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/tavily) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/370b27a2ed0eb887) Austin, TX · New York, NY On-site 8mo ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8aaf633606393a76) Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 more Hybrid 25mo ago $138,000–$292,560 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (East)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eabde487202a4488) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Procore](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/procore) ### [Staff Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6cd7c47ee1a1a108) Austin, TX Remote 7d ago $140,960–$193,820 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Enterprise AI Transformation Consultant](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/acce46d73a6442bf) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +40 more 10d ago $54,400–$196,000 [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) ### [Sr. Enterprise Architect - Agentforce for Operations](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/27cc6f9a38865847) Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · +4 more 2w ago $148,500–$285,800 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (West)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ba1a9664d6547bbb) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $146,000–$204,000 [Unframe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unframe) ### [Full Stack Software Engineer (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ca15f260073a63ee) Austin, TX Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc89e0b6e672d939) Austin, TX Remote 4w ago $160,000–$200,000 [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) ### [Business Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/373b94c00da9da13) Austin, TX · Seattle, WA · +2 more 2mo ago $118,000–$176,000 [Writer](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/writer) ### [AI deployment engineer (Central)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f106a3ca48ce33ec) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +3 more Hybrid New · 2d ago $132,000–$184,000 [Bain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bain) ### [Lead, AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/97ec36645fe8d603) Austin, TX · Atlanta, GA · +8 more Hybrid 2mo ago $179,500–$203,500 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ee6dd71d9378887b) Austin, TX Remote 4w ago $185,000–$230,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Snowflake Advanced AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bfaf5e58ec1e0a16) Austin, TX · San Francisco, CA · +39 more 2mo ago $54,400–$205,800 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/423f9f8c01b5b901) Austin, TX · Colorado Springs, CO · +4 more Hybrid 3mo ago $186,000–$279,000 [BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg) ### [BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a4c47c8ee4f67d78) Austin, TX · Atlanta, GA · +16 more 5mo ago $150,000 [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) ### [Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/a58e0daafcbeb6f3) Austin, TX Hybrid 3mo ago $185,000–$230,000 [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f) Austin, TX · Albany, NY · +39 more 4mo ago $80,400–$266,300 [PressW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pressw) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/29869ee43c0bebca) Austin, TX Hybrid 6mo ago $90,000–$125,000 [Gallatin AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/gallatin-ai) ### [Mission Operations Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f81c45e021c5160f) Austin, TX On-site 6mo ago Pay not posted [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) ### [Software Engineer - Mission Dev](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/930f583e6dd485a0) Austin, TX · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more 18mo ago $130,000–$230,000 41 of 55 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fmanagement%3Dic%26recipient%3Dexternal%26region%3Daustin&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors in austin serving external customers go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Austin serving external customers pay? 37 of 55 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $158,000 and $208,000, from 17 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Austin serving external customers require? Of 55 postings, 29 state a minimum number of years, from 18 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 19 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (9) or under 3 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Austin serving external customers? These 55 postings come from 28 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) (6), [H Company](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/h-company) (6), [Salesforce](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/salesforce) (5), [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) (3) and [Nominal](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nominal) (3). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors in Austin serving external customers remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 22 are hybrid and 5 are on-site. The remaining 21 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 35 of the 55 postings. Counted over the 55 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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